All India Secondary School Examination (also known as AISSE) is a centralized public examination that students (belonging to CBSE-Affiliated schools) in India take up after class 10. The Central Board of Secondary Education conducts the AISSE during the period of March-April every year. Generally students are tested on English, Languages (Native or Foreign), Mathematics, Sciences, Social Sciences (History, Civics, Geography and Disaster Management), Arts, Dances and other optional subjects. Successful candidates are awarded with the AISSE Secondary School Completion Certificate, a Statement of Marks and a Migration Certificate stating that the candidate can pursue higher education and has completed Secondary Schooling.
Each subject is marked out of a total of 100 (including both Practical and Theoritical and assessment techniques such as Assignments, Classroom Projects and Presentations). Marks are accompanied by Grades. In India, schools and junior colleges often consider AISSE scores for admission to Higher Secondary disciplines (Humanities, Sciences, Commerce or Vocational Courses) in the absence of admission tests.
Some states in India (e.g. Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Goa, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, West Bengal) conduct their own Secondary School Examination, in the pattern of the local state board, known as Secondary School Certificate or SSC. The AISSE and SSC are equivalent to the GCSE taken by students in the UK.
CBSE and other central boards such as CISCE and NIOS have schools which follow their scheme of education all over the country.